Permutation switch



ct. 2 1923. f L.. F. HYMEL PEHMUTATION SWITCH Filed om.. 1e, 1922 4 sheen-sheet 1 WE1/Leos y L. F. HYMEL PERMUTATION SWITCH 'Filed oct. 1e, 1922 4 sheets-sheet 2 wom/Ho@ Get. 2 1923. l,469,65

v L. F. HYMEL PERMUTATION swIToH Filed oct. 1e, 1922 4 sheets-Sheet 4 IHA.:

witness j YPzmtenteel st. Z1, 1923.; 1

f .i l 1 1.150-ivoii` FRANCIS 'HMELf or NEW veminliii-s, LOUISIANA! y. if

tioiiSivitchesfg and I do declarethe. follow# ing` to bejaull, clear, and ei'actjc lescripn tion ofthe invention, Vsuch as 'fivillvenahle othersjskil'lecl infthe art to which li't z ipp`ei."av

taineto make antipse the Same;

My inventionfreljates to improvements in switches and permutation locks` therefor; cle'- sighed primarilvfor use upon-the' ignitioncircuitsv or other vcircuitsr necessary to oper# ate automobile lmotors combustion engines; l 'Y One object of the invention is to provide an iiiiproved'4 and vsimplified switchV 'mec-lianiem which inayhe made to either control only the ignition circuitor to control this .and other -interin'll circuit and atY the saine timeY act .as means for yffroundine the 'Generator 'or inao'neto of b c E. D a, 1

. Vthe zmotor'," it v being of `course understood- 25 that when the ignitionsivitch is lVAopenQthe groundiup,` switch is" closed,V anrlvicev versa'. ffurther. ohjectiot the' inventio rrV isi to provide vimproved -.permutation'l locking and @operating means 'for :the switch ineluding tiunhl'ere Which'niavlhe .achustefl' to vary the combination 'of the lock anni brake rings between; the tuinhlers ffxed' with vrespeet thereto, whereby frietionfcannot hetranermitte'd VfromA one tuinbler'tothe next to turn 35 Y' the latter vvhen itis not desired. j

' Another object is `toi provide "a *locking mechanismv in Svh ch 'a single rotatable Shaft serves Erst toV raline the tuinhlers fand" then acte Yfurther te positively move thefswitch member orxmem'bei-s.

fit-h the-'foregoing invieiv,` the invention Y resides in the novel Subject matter hereinV` after deSc-ibed Vant claimed', the description being supplernei-itedhy 4the accompanying andl 3 Vare elevations with the f 1 .@d, .Showing v clil'erentposition of theparts.-

igiuiee 5 are' horizont'alv sectional i vievvsas l'indicated and" I5l- 5 of Fig. 3.

1 ie averticalilongitutiinat Secf tion'VV as indicated; b vglinef 4. I'

'ee l "Sverse sectionjai Y and '10;1@ effing 7.,

the numeral l design'atesan appropriate c'aSing adapted' to be lsuitablyVV mounted. on.

an iiietruni'ent board 2er en' any other:V de

an autoinohile, the casing Lisettliefiront onev Wall of the casing. OnejwifreflQof 'side of the ifnstrurnentfboardand onlyfthe;v

operatingknob 3fm" the Switchmechani'srn and .the graduated chaise-, arelexposed", `so that it is practically inii'possible to gain cess to the interior ofthe easing tocoinplete the ignition circuit of the majchinfehy un v authorizedfmeans, -In Securing the Ycaeingtothe instrument tgoardf. I preferably einployxbolts 5 liavingtheirfnuts' 6`rece"iv'edY ,non-rotatahly. in pockets Z/formedfinfonej i V side of thefca 'ligand be' locl'e'd' so; that it is;Y afn- Ainp `os' `iloilitj,7

gatedxtra'ck-iike Contact 8 Whichie secured. iii theVV present Showing7 toan,insulatingv block .9,the latterheing. in turnysecuredto the ignitien orany other clesir'edcircuit iS el'ectric'allzvVv eonnegc'tecl 'with the contactfi` by f suitable; nieaneeuchQae they clarn'pj f' Another' Wire 12 -otthe circuit extends through'th'e Side ofithe casingroppoeite the ivire'lO 'and' isfprovi'deil on ite 'innerendf With" aicapfl'?)y (see 8)" togwhiclrone Tend, of a'fleXible electriciconcluctor 14' is .1115393 Spring l'G .for engagement suitabljarin ered fl'irevent'v cutting` thereii In' the present "Show-in the 'metallic head iiofA controllingmember 19 having both lateral Yand longitudinal'.movement in the present vform of my invention, the switch member 19 is pivoted at 2O to an arm/21, the latter in question, the weighted arm 19preferably rests upon a contact23psuitabiy carriedby and insulatedfroin one sideof the casing,

"said contact being in electrical engagement with a' wire'24 of the generator or magneto circuit. rllhus, when the ignition yswitch is opened, the circuit of the generator or inag-y netorisgrounded -to'still further interfere` with operation of the motor. i'

`By proper movement of the permutation locking means yet to be described, the arm `19 may be moved'lat'erally so that its contact 16 rests unon the fixed contact 8 anc. said l. arin .may then be moved Vlongitndinally to the position shown in Fig. 2. During this f movement, the contact 16V slidesupon the contact 8 and the free end of the arm 19'engages with a spring detent or the like 25 Vwhich isiixedly mounted within -the casing.,

the armbeing provided with a .shallow seat 26 into which the detent25 sneps. It will thus be seen that the detent or shoe25 holds the arin19 in such a manner as to veectively retain the contacts 16 and 8 in engagement lwith each other, at the Sametime holding the arm 21 ofi' Vof thecontact 23Vso thatrthe generator or `the like may operate (see VFi`g.l`2). f Y i lVhile Vthe swinging arin 21 maybe mount-V edv in any desired mannerfl prefer to pivot the samey upon a rigid stub 27 which extends froni one sideof the casing 1. I also prefer to provide this 'casing with at least one internal stop 27 to limit'thermovement ofthe arin 21 in one direction as seen in Fig. 2, and if desired another stop may be employed to restrict the movement of said arm in the opposite direction. rlhe free end of the arm 19, in the preferred form of construct-ion, is provided with a laterally extending lug 28 having a notch 29, whereby said arin may interengage with the notched .outer fend ,30 of a lateral plate 31 which isl mounted on .the inner rend of the operating shaft 32 which is secured tothe knob 3; Plate 31. is preferably threaded `and keyedv iiponv the shaft 32A as indicated at 33 inY Figs. 5 and V7 and in the present showing, the plate in question is provided with an inwardly extendingV hub 34 rotatably received in a stub shaftY 35 integra-l with one side of the casing and parallel withthe stub 22,. serving as bearing `meansfor theshaft32. Rotatable upon the stub shaftl 35 arerthe'tumblers 36 ofthe locking. mechanism, :said tiimblers having notches 37 ywhichare adapted to be alined as wliereby to receive an arm 38 which extends rigidly-fromV the arm 19. V'Thus,whereas this Y arm 38 normally rests upon the edges of the tumblers36 as seen in Fig. 1, the .moment the notches .37 are alined, the arm 38 mayinove into said'iiotches, thereby permittingv the contact 16 to engage therrcontact 8. 'A spring 39 is' preferably Venfipl'oyedtov shift thearin 19 so that its lateral arm 38 will engage the notches 37. and whenzthe parts stand'inthe position shown in Figfl, this springisof course under tcnsionin readiness to act. As soon as lthe ar'inshifts under ftliefaction of this spring, the armi19..operatively.engagesV the plate/31 as seeirin Fig'. 3, whereupon turn;

`ing'of the knob 3V in the proper direction, will cause said plate to move arm 19 longitudi- Ynally into engagementv with vthe shoe or detent 25 as seen in lFig. .2 thus holding the.`

contacts 16 and 8 in proper engagement with 4each other and retaining the arm 21 "away Vfrom the contact The machine is now in condition lfor operation, biit it'will be seen that asv there is no meansprovided except the knob 3 for alining the'notches 37 of the tumblers 36, only authorized persons can in the present showing, each of the tumblers 37 is ,provided on one side with: an arcuate spacing flange 40 'whose ends co-act with a radial lug 41 on a collar 42 which is free l, to rotate'on the stub 35, one of these collars be# ing ,positioned within each flange 4()V asrwill be clear by reference toFigs.` 7 and9. The side of each tumbler 36 opposite the flange 40, with one exception, is provided with ya laterally-extending proj ection 43V and' .this pro'- .fplace theV switch in condition for4 operation. i

jection of Aeach tumbler extends into the.

space within the flange 40 of ythe next adjacent tumbler for co-action with Vthe lugl41 of the adjacent collar 42 (seeFigs. 7 and9). The lug 4l on one of the endmost tuniblers 42, is in theY path of a projecting pin Yorthe like 44 carried by plate31 as shown for in- Y stance in vFigs. 7 and 10. It will thus be seen that turning of the plate 31 through the instrumentality of theV knob 3; and shaft 32,Y will cause the pin 44 to rotatetlieadjacent collar 42, thereby causing the lug 41 ofthis collar to Vcoeact with the flange 49 of the next adjacent tumbler 36 to turnY this tuinlbler. The tumbl i'v in question in turn operates the nextadjacent collar 42 and the lat-` tei' turns the next tumbler., Thusby turn-v ing the ,shaft in a predetermined manner all of the tuinblers may be positioned Vso that their notches 37 aline, permitting closing of f the switch16-8 and .opening of the'switch 21-23 (see Fig. 2). v

To prevent thetransfer of movement from onel tumbler tothe next byv friction, after proper setting, l provide a plurality of veryY l thin brake rings45l which are suitably interposed between the several tuinblers,V said iso ' 1 brakeY rings being'fixed upon the stub shaft-.i

fit1

- of. the section V50 351 for instance byV providing them with lugs 46 received ingrooves *'47 in said stu-b shaft. The 4severaltumblers and the. collars 42 are -held in `proper relation withthe Y brake rings45 by means of a U-shaped re-v :tailler Y free end of the-stub shaft- V35 and is receivedl 48 4(see Fig.- T13) :which straddles the in a peripheralv groove 493e thereof.

J EachV ofthe tumblers 36 preferably'con-4 sists of an outer annular sectionfl) 2formed 0f metal .and an' inner section 5l which-'may well Vbe formed Vof ffibre. portion'of the section5l is The peripheral an internal shoulder 52 adjacent one side and av plater`3 secured to theV other side of said section. ARadi-al set# Y "screws 54 threadedthroughY the outer-seoV Y tions 50 y A2()` Vof thetumblers normally engage the inner sections l so as to lock the* two against relative turning.' By loosening Athese set-screws,lhowever, the inner sections 5l which carry thelanges 40 may be adjusted f .within the outer sections- 50 havingk the notches-37. It will thus be seen that the combination at which the lock Amust :be setin -V order to operate the switch may be varied so-y 1n a great numberrof different'waysj-V Y v Asfexcellent results have been obtained from the construction shown herein and described, thisvconstruction is preferably foljlowed, ybut it is to be understood that withinn the scope of the invention as claimed,

numerous minorichanges may be made. Furthermore, the userof my 'invention is not restricted to any particularcircuitor circuits but it` maybe employed wher ever deV Vsirable'.

casing having V.an internal v member in said casing,-

associated With Said switch-member for efe Y *.dinally,

I claim Y 1. A permutation switchcomprising a longitudinally and laterally permutation means fecting ylateral* movement thereof into engagement with said fixed contact and for then( moving said` switch member longituand relatively stationary means .in the casing with which said switch member is engaged by said longitudinal `movement to hold said member 1n engagement `with `said fxedcontaot. Y C .l

2. A permutation'switch comprising acas- `ing having an internal fixed contact' of received betweeniXe'd contact, a movable switch then *moving said dinal1y, yan independent switch@ n iember track-like` lt'orm,V al 'switch member. lin: said said switch member having a co'ntactnortact'permutation means-associated with said switchffmember forefecting 'lateral'l move-" ment thereof tobringitslcontact into "en-q to move said switch member loI lgiuidinallyl;

and-"relatively stationary :means in the-"cas- A i switch kmember isf-en-V gagedby said longitudinal fmovementn't'o ing' with which said contact `of said i switch member;V linV V hold the engagement with-saidtrack-nkesxed onf .x-z tact upon whichit-slides during saidlongi- Vtudinal movement, 1f SKA structure asV specified-'in claimt-71,.-V said jrelativelyvjstationary holdingv` means consisting ofl a yielding-shoe, said Vswitch;

casing having ans` internal fixed jcontact, a

member in said casing',k permutation meansA gagementwah sind` fixed; track-111;@ comme rmutation meansbeing thenoperabjlef memberhaving a-seat into which'sai'd shoe snaps. n 4., AV permutation switch" comprising a 71011gitudinally and'latperally movable. switch soz' associated-Withsd- Switch member for-eff .fecting' lateral movement thereof into en# Y I gagementwith saidv tiXedcontact"andA itork en `Inoving said switch-member longitu# .-1 ldinally, an A:independent switch member mounted in the casing and connected to.` said first named switch member'tohbe operated-j by the longitudinal movement of the latter;`V

and-a second relatively fixed contact in the i I .90- 1 casing 'cooperablei -With said independent switch member. f

casing member in said casing, vpermutation means associated with effecting lateral 5,A` A' permutation switch coinprisingV a Y `having an internalfliXed-contact, aj; *Y longitudinally and laterally movable switch .1

said switch member for movement. thereof 1nto-ien-V 1 gagement with Vsaid'iXedcontact andfi'orfl mounted pivotally pivoted to said first and a second relatively ii'xjedjcontact'in theV casing co-operable with 'said independentswitch member. 'I

In testimony Y whereof I have hereunto aiixed' my si ature. Y f i Land .inlV said casing and switch 'member longitug'. o

named switch membeigv i vNGE FRANCAIS i' 

